- First Name:Pierre
- Last Name:Colin
- Working Group Presenter
- Title:Exploring the High Energy End of gamma ray sources
- Presentation Type:Poster
- Presentation Work Group:Gamma Astronomy
- Abstract:The High Energy End of gamma ray sources spectra might provide important clues regarding the nature of the processes involved in the gamma ray emission. The HESS collaboration has already reported several galactic sources with hard emission spectra extending up to more than 30TeV.
Measurements at 100TeV and above should be an important goal for the next generation of high energy gamma ray astronomy experiment. We have identified three approaches based on the Atmospheric Imaging Cherenkov Technique and providing the required km2 effective collection: low elevation, large field of view telescope or high density telescopes array.
Here we comment of the advantages and inconveniences of these approaches and report simulation based estimates of their capabilities in terms of energy range and sensitivity.
